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上向きの互換性 (じょうむきのごかんせい) Japanese meaning | Kotomora

上じょう向むきの互ご換かん性せい

Meanings

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noun

upward compatibility; forward compatibility

Technical term used in computing and engineering to describe a system's ability to work with newer versions or components.

このソフトウェアは上じょう向むきの互ご換かん性せいを保ほ証しょうしている。
This software guarantees upward compatibility.
新あたらしい規き格かくは上じょう向むきの互ご換かん性せいを考こう慮りょして設せっ計けいされた。
The new standard was designed with forward compatibility in mind.

Kanji

上above, up
向yonder, facing, beyond
互mutually, reciprocally, together
換

interchange, period, change

性sex, gender, nature

Similar words

下か位い互ご換かん性せい
下位互換性 (backward compatibility) refers to compatibility with older versions, while 上向きの互換性 refers to compatibility with newer versions.
前ぜん方ぽう互ご換かん性せい
前方互換性 is a synonym for forward compatibility, but 上向きの互換性 is the more common term in Japanese technical contexts.

Etymology

Compound of 上向き (upward) + の (possessive particle) + 互換性 (compatibility). A calque from English 'upward compatibility'.